Your Anguish Looks More Like a Smirk

'Sir...
You have made the people angry.'

How?
And why are they angry?

'Well...
It seems as though,
They want you to notice they've ignored you.
And you are acting as if you could care less.'

I don't!
And I'm caring less about this by the hour.
I enjoy the privacy and the quietness,
Of their ostracism.

'But sir...
This has made them angry.
They prefer you showed emotional anguish.'

Here...
Take this camera.
Give me a moment and I'll show you anguish.

'That's not going to work.'

Why?

'Your anguish looks more like a smirk!
Put your Sunglasses on.
Your eyes are twinkling.
And that will upset them.
Engaging them to become outraged.
Put more emphasis on the frown.
Turn your lips down and I'll snap the picture.

Sir...
This is going to be more difficult than I thought.
Try not to hold your frown down with your fingers.'

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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